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Credit: Ryoji Iwata. Models that predict traffic volume for specific times and places are used to inform everything from traffic-light patterns to the app on your phone that tells you how to get from Point A to Point B. Researchers from North Carolina State University have now demonstrated a method that reduces the computational complexity of these models, making them operate more efficiently.…

Quantifying lane-changing rates. Credit: SciencePOD Many urban areas worldwide are now rapidly expanding, often with major negative impacts on traffic congestion. To address this issue, researchers have constructed models aiming to simulate the flow of traffic—but so far, they haven't widely considered the impacts of drivers changing lanes. In a new study published in The European Physical Journal B, Nikita Madaan and Sapna…

Lower base effect as well as easing Covid travel restrictions accelerated India’s domestic air passenger traffic growth by over 36 per cent in March on a year-on-year basis.Pent-up demand and accelerated economic recovery also pushed the air passenger numbers higher during the month under review.According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the country’s scheduled domestic flight operations ferried 1.06 crore passengers last month. In March 2021, the traffic numbers stood at 78.22 lakh.On a sequential…

Image for representation. (Credits: Twitter)Vellore district police have installed Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras at border check posts to auto-detect traffic offenders.IANS Last Updated:April 28, 2022, 09:22 ISTFOLLOW US ON:Vellore district police have installed Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras at border check posts to auto-detect traffic offenders.These cameras will capture the photograph of the number plates of vehicles and analyse data that is already fed into the system. The ANPR…

“Since 2010, of the 14 individuals that MPD officers have killed, 13 of those individuals were people of color or Indigenous individuals,” the report states. “People of color and Indigenous individuals comprise approximately 42% of the Minneapolis population but comprise 93% of all MPD officer-involved deaths between January 1, 2010, to February 2, 2022.” A clear racial disparity can be seen in the widespread use of chemical and other “less-lethal” weapons as well. MPD officers deploy pepper spray against Black people…